ebb
Betekenis (Engels)
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- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Sinonieme
ebb out
ebb off
falling tide
ebb away
flow back
ebb down
give way to
trim down
yield
be dry
defer to
be diminished
deminish
nor’-west
tide way
fall of the sea
lowtide
dam up
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɛb/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.
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